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Din Tai Fung

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OMG, got to go grub on some bomb ass dumplings tonight. The first time I had soup dumplings I was in New York, at Shanghai Joe’s. I had never had them before, and didn’t know if I could find them here on the west coast. Thankfully my friend Laurie (a major foodie) knew exactly where I could find them. Din Tai Fung. So tonight I met some friends at the Americana in Glendale and ate until I could eat no more. The soup dumplings have a different name, here they’re called “Juicy Pork Dumplings” but they are so delicious! I highly recommend them!

Unfortunately I was too absorbed with eating them that I didn’t take a photo of the soup dumplings, so you’ll have to settle for photos of the pork and shrimp dumplings and the rice and pork dumplings.

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And then there was this little dude at the door, greeting all who enter.

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I’m meeting some friends for lunch tomorrow at El Torito, so expect a Mexican food post mañana!

Stay classy!
Getting2KnowL

Korean BBQ and Slap Bets

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Made it to Korean BBQ! I would have cried if I hadn’t gotten to stuff my face with all the delicious beef that comes with the all you can eat smorgasbord! I’m pretty plain as far as what I like, the brisket pictured below is my favorite, I like it seared just a touch, still a little bloody. I know, I’m weird.

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The best part of the meal was the company. I got to see nearly everyone, Scottie, Stevie, Yohan, Hiep, Trin… even got to meet Steve and Scottie’s girlfriends, Elyssa and Eloisa.

The food was outstanding, the company even better, we ate drank and were undeniably merry. One of the best nights I’ve had in a while. The night ended with me remembering that I had a slap bet with Yohan and Steve, one that I had never collected. So later on that night, I got to slap the hell out of the two of them. My hand still bothered me the next day, perhaps slapping them while I was tipsy didn’t work to their advantage. I think there’s a video of the slaps somewhere, I’ll post it if I can find it.

I hope to make it out to Korean BBQ again before I leave on Friday, but that’s not looking too likely.

Anywho, I’ll post some more photos from my adventures to Palmdale and my day at the Getty Center later. I’m rather pooped and The Lone Ranger is on. High-o Silver! Away!

Health and happiness to you all!

Let the food adventures begin!

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Two weeks have gone by and it still hasn’t fully sunk in that I’m home for good, it still feels like I’m on a long vacation, that I’ll have to go back and face another monotonous year in the office…

And since I’m in the my time here is limited mindset, I have been doing my absolute best to eat as much ono (delicious) local grinds (food) as I can!

Whenever friends/ohana (family) gather together, one thing that is almost always present is a poke [pronounced po-kay] starter… For those that don’t know, poke is cubed sashimi (raw fish, typically tuna or salmon, in this case tuna or ahi) that is seasoned in several different styles, ranging from the simple which consists of shoyu (soy sauce) green onions, onions, limu (seaweed), and Hawaiian salt all the way to the more complex like the spicy ahi which consists of a mayo-chili sauce, green onions, and masago (capelin roe aka little orange fish eggs). Spicy ahi is a favorite of mine, but sometimes I prefer some plain unseasoned sashimi… And thanks to my awesome neighbor Uncle Floyd, I have been supplied with an awesome amount of fresh poke from some of the best poke joints on the island.

Shoyu ahi poke
Spicy ahi poke

Sashimi

And since one cannot live on fish alone, there have also been heaps of garlic chili soybeans!


I’m going to keep this post short as I hope that it’ll be the first of several food related posts… I really need to learn how to better use my camera, so I can hopefully capture and write about things other than food…

Until the next food adventure, stay healthy, happy and full!

-Getting2KnowL